Abington (townland) explained

Abington
Settlement Type:	Townland
Pushpin Map:	Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ireland
Coordinates:	52.6331°N -8.4219°W
Unit Pref:	Metric
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Munster
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	County Limerick
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Rural:	139
Population As Of:	2011

Abington ^[2] is a townland in the civil parish of Abington in County Limerick, Ireland. The ruins of the mediaeval Abbey of Woney are located in the local graveyard.^[3] The local Church of Ireland church, Saint John's church, designed by James Rawson Carroll and built in 1869, is in the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe.^{[4] [5]}

As of the 2011 census, Abington townland had a population of 139 people.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: CD161 - Limerick Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate . Central Statistics Office . 2011 . 22 August 2021 .
2. Web site: Mainistir Uaithne / Abington . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 22 August 2021 .
3. Web site: Extract from Ordnance Survey map . 2012-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829114800/http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,571690,653833,6,7 . 2012-08-29 . dead .
4. Web site: Saint John's Church of Ireland Church, Abington, Limerick . Placenames Database of Ireland . buildingsofireland.ie . 22 August 2021 .
5. Web site: Diocese Of Limerick, Killaloe & Ardfert - Limerick City Parish . Church of Ireland . ireland.anglican.org . 22 August 2021 .